Chapter 107

Angelica

"I can't do this anymore." I hung my head and rested it in my hands. Gem grabbed some light lip-gloss and forced me to sit up so she could spread it across my lips. "It's too hard, it feels too real." I choked back a sob and closed my eyes while Gem finished up.

"This is based on true events, right?" Gem asked.

I opened one eye. "Yes."

"But you never had that conversation in the last scene with Will?"

I squirmed, "We had something similar, a few years ago, back when..." I didn't say it. I didn't want to. "Back when things were bad."

She nodded and dropped the gloss back onto the table then put her hands on her hips. "It feels real because it was your life, it is your life, and your past is suddenly now in your life." She reached for my hands.

For some insane reason I let her take them. She squeezed. And tears welled behind my stupid eyes again.

"You're reliving your past through different eyes." She spoke slowly. "Realizing things that maybe you've never thought abou